Canada's "natural resources" minister charged that labeling tar sands oil as highly polluting would "stigmatize" Canada.

Ready, aim, stigmatize!

Something that stigmatizes Canada even worse is its policy of encouraging other countries to help fry our planet.

Some LG "smart" TVs send surveillance data to the manufacturer.

A friend commented:

Note the article makes a mistake: that the destination page returns a 404 error means nothing. First of all, it's extremely easy to fake an error code (I know that in PHP it's just one line of code!). Second, even if it's indeed missing, all the data is still going to the server logs anyway, and it wouldn't be hard to retrieve it from there (in fact, using this would make the load on the server much smaller as no script ever gets executed).

The two central ideals of the Gettysburg Address are under threat today.

A clear summary of why the TPP is harmful and unjust.

Most Americans will lose economically, as well as losing freedom, since these exploitation treaties transfer wealth from workers to business owners.

Rich fossil-burning countries ought to pay for the costs of the weather disasters they impose on poor countries.